IP Library Granted Patent US 7,899,686
Granted Patent B1
US 7,899,686 · App. 10/371,593 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

System and method for managing prescription data

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Patent No.
US 7,899,686
App. No.
10/371,593
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system for managing prescription data is provided. The system includes a switch system receiving prescription data from a pharmacy, such as medicine identification data, dosage data, number of doses data, fill date data, and number of refills data. A data volume sales system generates volume sales data from the prescription data, such as the percentage of a given type of medicine sold for a manufacturer relative to all manufacturers for that medicine. A data volume rebate by unit system receives the prescription data and, the volume sales data and generates incentive target reward data, such as the number of additional units of medicine that must be sold to reach a predetermined sales volume associated with a rebate level.

Claims (44)

1. A prescription data management system comprising:

a switch system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the switch system configured to:

receive volume rebate program data from a manufacturer system, the volume rebate program data identifying a benefit provided in response to a volume of sales of a prescription item by a pharmacy in proportion to a volume of sales of one or more competing prescription items by the pharmacy;

receive prescription data generated by the pharmacy, the prescription data identifying:

at least one prescription for the prescription item submitted by the pharmacy; and

at least one prescription for the one or more competing prescription items submitted by the pharmacy, the one or more competing prescription items competing with the prescription item;

a sales volume system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the sales volume system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate sales volume data from at least a portion of the prescription data, the sales volume data representing a volume of the prescription item sold by the pharmacy in relation to a volume of the one or more competing prescription items sold by the pharmacy; and

a rebate system embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the rebate system configured to interface with the sales volume system and to:

generate incentive target reward data using at least a portion of the volume rebate program data and at least a portion of the sales volume data; and provide the incentive target reward data to the pharmacy, said incentive target reward data representing or from which can be determined additional sales by the pharmacy of the prescription item required for the pharmacy to receive the benefit.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a persistence system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate future prescription refill data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a compliance system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate past due prescription refill data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising an insurance charge system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate approved charge data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a manufacturer charge system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate per-unit charge data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a pharmacy charge system configured to interface with the switch system and to generate percentage fee data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a prescription data system configured to interface with the switch system and to receive fill date data and number of dosages data and to generate compliance data or persistence data.

8. The prescription data management system of claim 1 , further comprising a monitoring system configured to detect anomalous variations in the prescription data.

9. The prescription data management system of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring system detects geographic incidence of pathogen or contamination introduction into a population.

10. A method for prescription data management, the method comprising:

receiving, by a switch system operating on a hardware server platform:

volume rebate program data from a manufacturer system, the volume rebate program data identifying a benefit provided in response to a volume of sales of a prescription item by a pharmacy in proportion to a volume of sales of one or more competing prescription items by the pharmacy; and

prescription data generated by a pharmacy, the prescription data identifying:

at least prescription for the prescription item submitted by the pharmacy; and

at least one prescription for the one or more competing prescription items submitted by the pharmacy, the one or more competing prescription items competing with the prescription item;

generating, by a sales volume system operating on a hardware server platform and configured to interface with the switch system, sales volume data from at least a portion of the prescription data, the sales volume data representing a volume of the prescription item sold by the pharmacy in relation to a volume of the one or more competing prescription items sold by the pharmacy;

generating, by a rebate system operating on a hardware server platform and configured to interface with the sales volume system, incentive target reward data using at least a portion of the volume rebate program data and at least a portion of the sales volume data, wherein the incentive target reward data provides an indication of additional sales by the pharmacy of the prescription item which are required for the pharmacy to receive the benefit; and

providing, by the rebate system, the incentive target reward data to the pharmacy.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating future prescription refill data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating past due prescription refill data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating approved charge data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating per-unit charge data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

15. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating percentage fee data from at least a portion of the prescription data.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

receiving fill date data and number of dosages data.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

generating compliance data.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

generating persistence data.

19. The method of claim 10 , further comprising detecting geographic incidence of pathogen or contamination introduction into a population.

20. The method of claim 10 , further comprising monitoring anomalous variations in the prescription data.

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